[dpdk-dev] [dpdk-announce] release candidate 21.05-rc4

Jiang, YuX yux.jiang at intel.com
Fri May 21 11:47:18 CEST 2021


All,

Update the test status for Intel part. Till now dpdk21.05-rc4 test is almost finished and no new issue is found.

# Basic Intel(R) NIC testing
        * Build or compile:
                *Build: cover the build test combination with latest GCC/Clang/ICC version and the popular OS revision such as Ubuntu20.04, CentOS Stream 8, etc.
                        - All passed.
                        - Bug about "crypto_zuc build failed on Fedora34 with gcc 11" has been fixed in RC4.
                *Compile: cover the CFLAGES(O0/O1/O2/O3) with popular OS such as Ubuntu20.04 and CentOS Stream 8.
                        - All passed.

        * PF(i40e, ixgbe and igb): test scenarios including RTE_FLOW/TSO/Jumboframe/checksum offload/VLAN/VXLAN, etc.
                - All tests are done, no new issue is found except known issue.
                - 1 bug is reported based on rc1 in bugzilla. Patch has provided but need other patch supports, all of them will be fixed in next release.
                        > * https://bugs.dpdk.org/show_bug.cgi?id=687

        * VF(i40e, ixgbe and igb): test scenarios including VF-RTE_FLOW/TSO/Jumboframe/checksum offload/VLAN/VXLAN, etc.
                - All tests are done. No new issue is found except known issue.

        * PF/VF(ICE): test scenarios including /Switch features/Package Management/Flow Director/Advanced Tx/Advanced RSS/ACL/DCF/Share code update/Flexible Descriptor, etc.
                - All tests are done. No new issue is found except known issues.

        * Intel NIC single core/NIC performance: test scenarios including PF/VF single core performance test, RFC2544 Zero packet loss performance test, etc.
                - Test important part. No new issue is found.

        * Power and IPsec:
                * Power: test scenarios including bi-direction/Telemetry/Empty Poll Lib/Priority Base Frequency and so on.
                        - All passed. No new issue is found.
                * IPsec: test scenarios including ipsec/ipsec-secgw
                        - Not tested in RC4. Tested in RC1~RC3, no issue is found.

# Basic cryptodev and virtio testing
        * Virtio: both function and performance test are covered. Such as PVP/Virtio_loopback/virtio-user loopback/virtio-net VM2VM perf testing/VMAWARE ESXI 7.0u2, etc.
                - All tests are done.
                - No new issue is found except known issues which are found in rc2.
                - Bug https://bugs.dpdk.org/show_bug.cgi?id=699  has been fixed in RC4.

        * Cryptodev:
                *Function test: test scenarios including Cryptodev API testing/CompressDev ISA-L/QAT/ZLIB PMD Testing/FIPS, etc.
                        - All tests are done. No new bug is found except known issue.
                *Performance test: test scenarios including Thoughput Performance /Cryptodev Latency, etc.
                        - All tests are done.

Best regards,
Yu Jiang

>-----Original Message-----
>From: dev <dev-bounces at dpdk.org> On Behalf Of Thomas Monjalon
>Sent: Thursday, May 20, 2021 5:47 AM
>To: announce at dpdk.org
>Subject: [dpdk-dev] [dpdk-announce] release candidate 21.05-rc4
>
>A new DPDK release candidate is ready for testing:
>       https://git.dpdk.org/dpdk/tag/?id=v21.05-rc4
>
>There are only 48 new patches in this snapshot, meaning this release cycle is
>almost closed.
>
>Release notes:
>       https://doc.dpdk.org/guides/rel_notes/release_21_05.html
>
>Please test and report issues on bugs.dpdk.org.
>You may share some release validation results by replying to this message at
>dev at dpdk.org.
>
>If no issue, DPDK 21.05 should be released at the end of this week.
>
>Please think about sharing your roadmap for DPDK 21.08.
>
>Thank you everyone
>



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